On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:22:06 -0400, wrote:

BTW that reminds me, Do you have a fiberglass guy who would gel coat
my spa? I might end up doing it myself but I would pay a guy if I had
someone I could trust. I can prep it but I have never shot gel coat
and I have heard your first swing at that ball might not work out so
good ;-)

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Unfortunateky not, but you can get surprisingly good results brushing
or rolling gelcoat (several coats), and then rubbing it out - working
up through the grits to 1500 or so, followed by a good buffing with
rubbing compound. As you are probably aware there are two kinds of
gel coat, one without a wax additive for layering up multiple coats,
and the other type that has the wax additive for the top coat. The
purpose of the wax is to seal out the air which prevents it from
curing all the way. It's kind of fun actually, and of course you want
to practice on some plywood first. The nice thing anout gelcoat is
that it's very easy to repair if you mess up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWN7kbzutM



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On 4/30/2020 12:50 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:22:06 -0400, wrote:

BTW that reminds me, Do you have a fiberglass guy who would gel coat
my spa? I might end up doing it myself but I would pay a guy if I had
someone I could trust. I can prep it but I have never shot gel coat
and I have heard your first swing at that ball might not work out so
good ;-)

===

Unfortunateky not, but you can get surprisingly good results brushing
or rolling gelcoat (several coats), and then rubbing it out - working
up through the grits to 1500 or so, followed by a good buffing with
rubbing compound. As you are probably aware there are two kinds of
gel coat, one without a wax additive for layering up multiple coats,
and the other type that has the wax additive for the top coat. The
purpose of the wax is to seal out the air which prevents it from
curing all the way. It's kind of fun actually, and of course you want
to practice on some plywood first. The nice thing anout gelcoat is
that it's very easy to repair if you mess up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWN7kbzutM





I have a friend who painted his older 38' Hatteras Sportsfish as a
DIY project using the "brush and tip" technique. Came out very nice.
Smooth and shiny.

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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:46:30 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/30/2020 12:50 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:22:06 -0400, wrote:

BTW that reminds me, Do you have a fiberglass guy who would gel coat
my spa? I might end up doing it myself but I would pay a guy if I had
someone I could trust. I can prep it but I have never shot gel coat
and I have heard your first swing at that ball might not work out so
good ;-)

===

Unfortunateky not, but you can get surprisingly good results brushing
or rolling gelcoat (several coats), and then rubbing it out - working
up through the grits to 1500 or so, followed by a good buffing with
rubbing compound. As you are probably aware there are two kinds of
gel coat, one without a wax additive for layering up multiple coats,
and the other type that has the wax additive for the top coat. The
purpose of the wax is to seal out the air which prevents it from
curing all the way. It's kind of fun actually, and of course you want
to practice on some plywood first. The nice thing anout gelcoat is
that it's very easy to repair if you mess up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWN7kbzutM





I have a friend who painted his older 38' Hatteras Sportsfish as a
DIY project using the "brush and tip" technique. Came out very nice.
Smooth and shiny.

===

I did a 28 foot sailboat that way a long time ago using 2 part
polyurethane . It came out well but was a lot of work and delayed my
spring launch time. That's the only boat that I've ever sold for more
than I paid however.

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